Keith Fellenstein said: Someone please clue me in...as I understand it, Trimmit and Cutless are essentially the same regulator...why would you want to apply both at the same time? I have had great success with both individually--consistent growth suppression, and both help to reduce poa populations if used correctly. Recently, I've used Primo in the summer months in addition to the Cutless for even better control without significant risk to the Bent. I prefer to apply all individually so I can control the rates. Not a big fan of the pre-packaged combos. What you gain in convenience, you lose in contol. I'm interested to see if Musketeer has a benefit or if its just another marketing game.
Good morning Keith,
Yes, both Paclo (Trimmit) and Flurpr (Cutless) are similar. They both regulate all grass species (bent and Poa) however, bent isn't affected for as long as Poa is. Therefore, at day 14+ the bentgrass will begin to grow at an accelerated rate while the Poa is still regulated. Hence the conversion capability. In my experience, Trimmit is a little more aggressive to the turf compared to Cutless at the SAME product rate, 8 oz/A. I like this aggressiveness of Trimmit on the Poa and don't mind it on the bent. However, repeated applications really weaken my bluegrass surrounds. Cutless doesn't and in order to get the reaction to my Poa, I needed to continue to increase rates and it gets expensive. By alternating the products, I keep hammering the Poa, but it the bluegrass surrounds have held up good. The weird benefit I find is that green speeds seem to bump up a little more following a trimmit application vs a cutless appl. Therefore my rotation is scheduled to position a Trimmit/Primo application 5-7 days prior to the bigger events.
Per Musketeer, convenience is not a factor. I prefer to have individual control. Just trying it to see if I'll see the same benefits as what I'm currently seeing and maybe saving a little $$.